Top 4 Common Business Translation Errors
Translation is a minefield at the best of times but whereas telling your Spanish penpal you enjoy ‘long walks along the massacre’ can be a tad embarassing, it is nothing compared to the lasting damage to finances and reputation that a business mistranslation can incur. From awkward social faux-pas to accidentally sinking huge deals, even […]
How Translation Services Help Improve Today’s Global Economy
This is a guest post by Albert Brown Why translation services needed? In general perception, global economy doesn’t come to our mind when we consider interpretation services. We normally think of it as somebody having a thorough knowledge of the root and destination languages, who helps others to understand some different languages and let the communication process flow between […]
Why You Should Hire a Professional Translator
In order to get your message across to your target audience you need to hire a professional translator. Here are the reasons why:
What I Look for When Evaluating a Translation
After working many years for a number of good translation companies, I have frequently been asked to evaluate other translator’s jobs. This is partly due to the fact that they need more Swedish translators on the team, partly because they know and trust the quality of my translations, and therefore trust me to evaluate other […]
Plain Language and Translation – Expert Guest Post
I have had the fortune of getting to know a plain language expert in Sweden, who is bilingual and also works with translation. I actually met her through Twitter, so never underestimate social media. Ingrid Herbert has a BA in Swedish Language Consultancy and works for Språkkonsulterna as a language consultant and translator. Her work […]
To My Favorite Client Among LSP’s
Dear Client, I just wanted to write you a short note to tell you that you are one of my favorite clients among Language Service Provider companies and here is why. 1. You always address me by my name when you contact me 2. You do not send mass emails and wait for the first […]
Defining Translation, Localization, Internationalization & More
I know you all probably know what all these terms mean, but the definitions I found for translation, localization, internationalization and transcreation were very interesting. The first three terms were taken from Wikipedia, but transcreation did not exist on Wikipedia yet, also that interesting. They are all very dear terms to me, so here you […]
What to Look For in a Professional Translator
Based on the previous blog you are hopefully convinced that hiring a professional translator for a translation job is the right way to go. But how can you tell whether you have found a professional translator or not? Here are some details to pay attention to. A professional translator is: – Educated in both source […]
